HIV

Estimating the changing burden of disease attributable to alcohol use in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012

Background. Alcohol use was one of the leading contributors to South Africa (SA)’s disease burden in 2000, accounting for 7% of deaths and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in the first South African Comparative Risk Assessment Study (SACRA1). …

One in five South Africans are multimorbid: An analysis of the 2016 demographic and health survey

Multimorbidity is a global research priority, yet relatively little is known about it in low and middle income countries. South Africa has the largest burden of HIV worldwide but also has a growing burden of non-communicable diseases; potentially …